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2 December 2008
VATICAN - The Pope tells teachers and students from the University of Parma: “Truly free, according to the Gospel and the tradition of the Church, is the person, community or institution that fully responds to its own nature and goals, and the vocation of the University is the scientific and cultural formation of the person for the progress of the entire community.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI focused on the spiritual inheritance left by the great reformer Saint Peter Damian in his address to teachers and students from the University of Parma, whom h ...
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2 December 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - Youth Missionary Congress for the Year of Saint Paul: “Following Christ’s footsteps in the world - Paul’s Secret”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of the Apostle to the Gentiles, inspired by the Holy Father’s proposal, all youth are invited to attend the Youth Missionary Congress 2009, scheduled to ...
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2 December 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - Beatification of Fr. Jose Olallo Valdes is “a landmark event for the Church in Cuba, and for the entire nation of Cuba.”
Camagüey (Agenzia Fides) – The “Plaza de la Caridad” in Camagüey was filled on November 29, by thousands of people arriving from all the Cuban dioceses to celebrate the Beatification of Jose Olallo Valdes, Hospit ...
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2 December 2008
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Final Message of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC) “There can be no person, group, or institution in the Church whose formation and activity are not geared towards the mission.”
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - “The joy of being disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ,” is the title of the Final Message issued by the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC), celebrated on November 24 ...
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2 December 2008
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Reflections from the Apostolic Vicar of Darien on the SEDAC Assembly: “Our Church in Central America seeks to carry out the process of evangelization that makes Christ more present among us.”
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - “It has been the most attended meeting in the last four years; 49 bishops from various ecclesial provinces of Central America have come together,” said Bishop Pedro Hernandez Cantarero, ...
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2 December 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese parishes now using the Advent Wreath; faithful make preparations for the feast of Saint Francis Xavier
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Chinese Catholics on the mainland celebrated the beginning of the liturgical year, with the First Sunday of Advent, in union with the Holy Father and the Universal Church, preparing for the Lo ...
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2 December 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “The international community has the duty to intervene in bringing peace to eastern Congo,” the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN in Geneva says.
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The international community cannot remain inactive and should speak clearly. It is of utmost importance that the international community restore order and seek the common good.” These were ...
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2 December 2008
ASIA - “Seminarians, testimonies of dialogue and peace in Muslim society,”: the experience of Indonesia and Bangladesh at the Course for Spiritual Directors organized by CIAM
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Formation and spiritual direction for seminarians, in a nation and environment of Muslim majority, as is Indonesia, is a delicate task. However, we try to live in harmony with the societ ...
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2 December 2008
ASIA/VIETNAM - Prayer is considered “disorder in public area”: Thai Ha Catholics on trial
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – Agenzia Fides has received a desperate plea from Fr. Vincent Pham Trung Thanh, Provincial Superior of the Redemptorists in Vietnam, explaining that this December 8, 8 parishioners of the parish ...
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2 December 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Fighting between police and military soldiers; cholera, anthrax, and AIDS: the Zimbabwean crisis continues to worsen
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – The extremely serious economic, political, and health crisis taking place in Zimbabwe is worsening every day. In response to the government's decision to hold a credit freeze, due to the lack o ...
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1 December 2008
VATICAN - On the First Sunday of Advent, Benedict XVI refers to the three great “hinges” of time and expresses his “horror and the disapproval of the explosion of such cruel and senseless violence” in India and Nigeria
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As the First Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of a new liturgical year, before the recitation of the Angelus with the faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square on November 30, the Hol ...
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1 December 2008
VATICAN - Holy Father's homily at First Vespers for the 1st Sunday of Advent: “Advent is the spiritual season of hope par excellence, and in this season the whole Church is called to be hope, for itself and for the world.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Celebrating the liturgical seasons, we actualize the mystery -- in this case the coming of the Lord -- in such a way as to be able, so to speak, to 'walk in it' toward its full realizati ...
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1 December 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - December 1: World AIDS Day. There are 33 million tested positive in the world, with sub-Saharan Africa being the most affected...universal access to the cure is urgently needed.
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Today, December 1 is World AIDS Day. The epidemic, that in past decades has led to a high number of victims, is today passing through a new phase. Several developments have been made in the attem ...
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1 December 2008
ASIA/CHINA - The Church in China, led by Jinde Charities, has been working in the frontline in the battle against AIDS
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – For years now, the Catholic Church in China, led by the AIDS Prevention and Control Office of Jinde Charities (the Catholic charitable association), has been working on the frontline in ...
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1 December 2008
AFRICA - “AIDS is still a priority emergency in Africa,” the Jesuits' AIDS Network says
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – We should be on alert, as the AIDS epidemic is not only not over, but it remains the leading cause of death in Africa. This is what the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) says in their Message fo ...
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